I love the scent of Proraso Red. As I explained in another thread over in the brushes forum, I often sniff my brushes during the day, just to catch a whiff. The smell brings me back to my youth, getting haircuts in the neighborhood barber shop. The barber would shave the back of my neck, sprinkle some powder (probably with Clubman I'm guessing), ahhhhh...

Can anybody recommend any other shave creams or soaps that may be similarly scented as Proraso red? They claim it is sandalwood - I don't get sandalwood - I get "barbershop."

A TSN search for "barber shop smell" yielded a thread in the aftershave forum in which people suggested Floid products. I will try some of them, but would still like to experiment with other creams/soaps.

If you are really looking for an "old time scent," and I should know as I've been wet shaving for 53 years, I'd recommend Barrister & Mann Latha. Will developed this soap with his father, who wanted a classic scent from the 50's, and they really nailed it. It immediately flooded me with memories of the soaps I grew up with, and used for so many years. It's also one of the best performing soaps that I've recently tried, and at $10 for a 4 oz. jar, you can't go wrong. I'd also recommend Latha aftershave splash, only $6.50. This is truly an outstanding product and probably the best bang for the buck anywhere.

(01-01-2015, 08:56 PM)evnpar Wrote: If you are really looking for an "old time scent," and I should know as I've been wet shaving for 53 years, I'd recommend Barrister & Mann Latha. Will developed with soap with his father, who wanted a classic scent from the 50's, and they really nailed it. It immediately flooded me with memories of the soaps I grew up with, and used for so many years. It's also one of the best performing soaps that I've recently tried, and at $10 for a 4 oz. jar, you can't go wrong. I'd also recommend Latha aftershave splash, only $6.50. This is truly an outstanding product and probably the best bang for the buck anywhere.

Richard nailed it! Latha is what comes to my mind as well, in terms of old school barbershop type scents, and I find myself reaching for it quite often as its performance is fantastic. The more I use it, the more I love it...definitely the one I would recommend

(01-02-2015, 11:07 AM)Giorgio Wrote: Richard nailed it! Latha is what comes to my mind as well, in terms of old school barbershop type scents, and I find myself reaching for it quite often as its performance is fantastic. The more I use it, the more I love it...definitely the one I would recommend

Encouraging news. I didn't know which B&M scents to try so I got Latha plus one other flavor.

I'm also pretty sure that American barbershops smell a bit more pleasant than the ones I frequented as a kid here in my city. I seem to remember cigarette smoke and 3-in-1 oil being the dominant scents. (They used the oil for their electric clippers.)

(01-02-2015, 11:18 AM)Karlo Wrote: Encouraging news. I didn't know which B&M scents to try so I got Latha plus one other flavor.

I'm also pretty sure that American barbershops smell a bit more pleasant than the ones I frequented as a kid here in my city. I seem to remember cigarette smoke and 3-in-1 oil being the dominant scents. (They used the oil for their electric clippers.)

...I can assure you I get no whiffs of cigarette smoke or 3-in-1 oil in Latha

(01-01-2015, 08:56 PM)evnpar Wrote: If you are really looking for an "old time scent," and I should know as I've been wet shaving for 53 years, I'd recommend Barrister & Mann Latha. Will developed with soap with his father, who wanted a classic scent from the 50's, and they really nailed it. It immediately flooded me with memories of the soaps I grew up with, and used for so many years. It's also one of the best performing soaps that I've recently tried, and at $10 for a 4 oz. jar, you can't go wrong. I'd also recommend Latha aftershave splash, only $6.50. This is truly an outstanding product and probably the best bang for the buck anywhere.

Richard nailed it! Latha is what comes to my mind as well, in terms of old school barbershop type scents, and I find myself reaching for it quite often as its performance is fantastic. The more I use it, the more I love it...definitely the one I would recommend

Latha arrived on my doorstep last Tuesday which happened to be my birthday - 56 - woohoo. My kids bought me a few shave related gifts, one of which was a new brush. As I'd been waiting for this brush for quite some time, that got used before the Latha, as I know not to try more than one new product at a time. So... I Latha shaved this morning, with a five shave old Crystal blade in my Merkur head with iKon bulldog handle, and it was THE closest and most comfortable shave I've had since I started this DE journey. Maybe it's the tallow?? Call me crazy, but I may try to get a seventh shave out of that blade! Anyway, the Latha scent was pleasurable, I got loads of thick creamy lather, and other than the shavus interruptus by SWMBO, it was a great, great shave. I'm anxiously looking forward to tomorrow's shave

(01-12-2015, 08:17 PM)Olschoolsteel Wrote: So, I'm dying to know, does the Latha smell like your nose's version of "old barbershop smell" or does it smell like something completely different than you were looking for?